Williams said she didn’t initially make any connection regarding the barrel, but she did call police.

“It wasn’t until yesterday afternoon when the news broke that their had been skeletal remains washing up on shore and that far away from the blue barrel, I had a sick feeling to my stomach when I heard that,” Williams told CNN’s Nancy Grace.

The Illinois State Police Forensic Crime Laboratory is expediting a DNA analysis, which will take at least two weeks, the statement said.